United States v. Lucas Ornelas-Martinez

86 F.3d 1164 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lucas ORNELAS-MARTINEZ, Defendant-Appellant. No. 95-35945. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted May 20, 1996. * Decided May 29, 1996. Before: BROWNING, REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Lucas Ornelas-Martinez appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. Ornelas-Martinez is serving twenty years in prison for weapons, drug, and communications offenses. He claims his attorneys rendered ineffective assistance by: failing to seek the suppression of incriminating statements he made at the time of his arrest; failing to pursue a motion for dismissal on double jeopardy grounds, and; preventing him from testifying at trial. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 , and we affirm. 3 We review de novo the district court's denial of a section 2255 motion. Sanchez v. United States, 50 F.3d 1448,…